Pocillopora palmata Palmer, 1928.


CC species number = 16

Synonyms: None.

Morphologic Description:

Colony Form: plocoid
Colony Shape: branching with protuberances
Colony Size: branches > 2 cm thick
Budding Type: mostly extramural
Corallite Diameter: 0.6-1.0 mm
Coenosteum Width: 0.5-1.0 mm
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: none
Wall Structure: septothecal

Holotype: Lost.

Distribution:

Late Pleistocene: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; San Andrés.